Welcome to Linguistics 1A

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Welcome to Linguistics 1A
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Linguistics 1A

• Course organiser Peter Ackema
• packema_at_ling.ed.ac.uk
• Course secretary Stephanie Fong
• s.fong_at_ed.ac.uk

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Information at

• http//www.ling.ed.ac.uk/
• (with further links to Linguistics 1 course
  booklet)
• WebCT page

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Who is teaching What

• Introduction Bob Ladd
• Phonetics and Phonology Warren Maguire
• Morphology and Syntax Peter Ackema
• Semantics Dan Wedgwood
• Language Communication Simon Kirby et al.
• Structure of a Language Dan Wedgwood

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Lectures and Tutorials

• Lectures on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
  from 10 to 10.50 in this room
• Tutorials on Wednesdays
• Sign up for a tutorial group THIS WEEK
• Sign up sheet on WebCT
• First tutorial on Wednesday next week (30
  Sep)
• Be prepared!

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Reading

• Lecture notes (on WebCT)
• Textbook (parts)
• William OGrady, Michael Dobrovolsky and
  Francis Katamba (1997), Contemporary Linguistics
  An Introduction. London Longman.

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Assessment

• Data analysis problem (50)
• Exam (50)